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South Korea expands programs for young North Korean defectors
By KH디지털2Published : Feb. 19, 2016 - 11:55
South Korea said Friday it will expand programs to help growing numbers of North Korean students better adapt to a new life in the capitalist South.
The education ministry said it will offer psychological counseling to North Korean students soon after their arrival in South Korea while expanding a mentoring program for them.
The decision released by the education ministry underscored South Korea's efforts to better embrace young North Koreans who fled their communist homeland.
The ministry said it will increase the number of mentors for North Korean students to 2,500 this year, up from 2,200 last year. Under the program, South Korea can provide a one-on-one mentoring program to North Korean students.
The number of North Korean students attending elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea came to 2,475 last year, compared with 1,143 in 2009.
The dropout rate for youth defectors declined to 2.2 percent in 2015, compared with 10.8 percent in 2009, according to the data provided by the ministry.
The ministry also said it plans to allocate teachers -- who are bilingual in Korean and Chinese -- to a high school tailored for North Korean defectors, citing the growing number of students whose Korean language proficiency is low.
The number of student defectors who were born in third countries, including China, more than doubled from 608 in 2011 to 1,249 in 2015, according to data.
Currently, South Korea is home to more than 28,000 North Korean defectors, including students. (Yonhap)
The education ministry said it will offer psychological counseling to North Korean students soon after their arrival in South Korea while expanding a mentoring program for them.
The decision released by the education ministry underscored South Korea's efforts to better embrace young North Koreans who fled their communist homeland.
The ministry said it will increase the number of mentors for North Korean students to 2,500 this year, up from 2,200 last year. Under the program, South Korea can provide a one-on-one mentoring program to North Korean students.
The number of North Korean students attending elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea came to 2,475 last year, compared with 1,143 in 2009.
The dropout rate for youth defectors declined to 2.2 percent in 2015, compared with 10.8 percent in 2009, according to the data provided by the ministry.
The ministry also said it plans to allocate teachers -- who are bilingual in Korean and Chinese -- to a high school tailored for North Korean defectors, citing the growing number of students whose Korean language proficiency is low.
The number of student defectors who were born in third countries, including China, more than doubled from 608 in 2011 to 1,249 in 2015, according to data.
Currently, South Korea is home to more than 28,000 North Korean defectors, including students. (Yonhap)
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